We’re Talking Fiction: They Say It Didn’t Happen . . .

Once Upon a Comment

It was a dark and stormy comment. No, no, not really. Everyone was quite cheery. Joe and Nneka walked in talking about Nneka’s first attempt at fiction. Romance, Sci-Fi — It was mentioned that SF ii the proper term these days. — Fantasy, Mystery, Detective Stories, Chick-Lit, Children’s Books . . .

We talked about snuggling with a good book on a rainy day, under a comforter with jazz playing in the backgound. Some of us lament the fact we hardly ever have time to read these days. We also gave Monique more challenges to write about on her insurance blog.

Who knew that Starship Troopers was a book? Who guessed it was required recommended for the marines?

And did you know that Aliens is “Jaws on a spaceship”.

Lee Child’s hero, Jack Reacher, makes Jack Bauer look like a wimp.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie . . . is a wonderful book!

If you give a blogger a comment, she’ll want a link to go with it. And if you give her a link, then she just might get inspired.

“Blogging makes you smarter.”

“I’ve always felt guilty about it, but I think Hemingway is a great writer and I hate his books.”

We shared some links:

• Peter Hamilton, especially his “Night’s Dawn Trilogy”
• Moonfall, by Jack McDevitt.a>
• “In Praise of Attics Everywhere”
• Heinlein Society .
• Kate Wilhelm
• Jerry Pournelle’s “Lucifer’s Hammer”
• www.insuranceguide101.com
• http://www.raggededgemagazine.com/
• Glenda Watson Hyatt

Some of the Books and Authors

Babyji by Abha Dawesar
Greg Mandel detective novels.
“The Great Gatsby” and “Murder on the Orient Express”
Lord of the Rings
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
In Her Shoes is by Jennifer Weiner
Elizabeth George and Nelsom DeMIlle
Lee Child
“All We Know Of Love”
Robert Heinlein’s “Stranger in a Strange Land”.
“Black Beauty”.
Farmer in the Sky, The Star Beast, Tunnel in the Sky, Starship Troopers
The Time Travelers Wife and The
Poisonwood Bible
Mary Shelley’s original Frankenstein
Robert Heinlein’s “Stranger in a Strange Land”
Ernest Hemingways’ “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
Ender’s Game
“The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien
the mystery series by Sue Grafton
Plebas
Charles Dickens
Douglas Adams book Last Chance to See
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Utopia, Thomas More
Sophie’s World, Jostein Gaarder
Competitive Strategy, Michael E. Porter;
The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell
Nevil Shute On The beach

Thanks to everyone for the cool links and for being part of the conversation.

See you next Tuesday? I sure hope so.
–ME “Liz” Strauss

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